This Corridor Management Plan (CMP) was prepared for the Missouri Route 66 Association in an effort to make application for the Missouri Route 66 to be recognized as a National Scenic Byway.

The Missouri Association’s Neon Heritage Preservation Committee (“NHPC”) was formed by its Board of Directors in July 2006. In view of the success the New Mexico association had had with its neon preservation and restoration program, it was the consensus of the Missouri Association Board that a similar endeavor should be undertaken for our state as well.

It was built by the Lovelace family in 1947, and sold to Oliver Lee & Loleta Krueger in 1971.

Built by John Harter in 1952, ownership eventually passed to his daughter and her husband (Bill Wachter) until 1996, when the four Schwarz brothers bought the business.